CISA Jobs in Scotland

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 226 182
Rank change year-on-year +74 -44 +52
Permanent jobs citing CISA 12 23 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% 0.41% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.20% 2.40% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 8
10th Percentile - £48,250 £41,500
25th Percentile - £61,625 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% -17.86%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £79,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% +0.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CISA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 998 960 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 29.55% 17.32% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 488 435 427
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,983 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,250 £38,868
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.28% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,265 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,500 £78,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in Scotland

CISA
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISA in Scotland.

Salary trend for CISA in Scotland

CISA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +11 8 - - 3
Glasgow +110 4 - - 2
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Audit Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Audit Support Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Operations Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Quality Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Audit Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Quality Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Support Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Support Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Coaching
1 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (41.67%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Creative Thinking
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 4 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 4 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Internal Audit
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (16.67%) ITGC